Review of a development plans shall be conducted in compliance with the following:
(a) Development Plan Process. Development plan reviews should proceed and generally move in phases to include:
(1) Pre-application meeting with the Zoning Administrator
(2) Work session with the Planning and Zoning Commission/Architectural Board of Review review and discuss the development concept
(3) Preliminary plan preparation
(4) Final plan preparation
(b) Development Plan Review Required. A development plan that indicates, among other things, the exact location of buildings, landscaping, parking areas, access drives, signs, and outdoor storage areas shall be required for the following:
(1) Conservation developments;
(2) New construction of all permitted uses in multi-family, commercial, research and office, as well as industrial districts;
(3) New construction of all non-residential permitted uses in Single Family Residential Districts;
(4) New construction of all single-family attached dwelling units in the R-2 Attached Single-family/Townhouse District;
(5) New construction of all conditional uses;
(6) Senior citizen residential developments; and,
(7) Any existing or previously approved development meeting the criteria of subsections (1) through (6) above that proposes to alter, reconstruct, or otherwise modify a use or site including expanding the floor area of the permitted use; increasing the number of dwelling units in a multi-family development; or changing the use which requires an increase in the amount of parking or a change in the site's circulation.
(c) A change of occupancy in an existing structure, or in a previously approved final development plan, when there is no change in the bulk of the structure, and no change in the parking required, shall be exempt from the development plan review procedures. (Ord. 2006-35. Passed 5-25-06.)